Job 22:18
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
17Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
19The righteous shall see them, and shall reioyce, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorne.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poore and maketh rich: bringeth lowe, and exalteth.
Job 21:16Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
Psalms 17:14From men by thine hand, O Lord, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children.
Acts 14:17Neuerthelesse, hee left not him selfe without witnes, in that hee did good and gaue vs raine from heauen, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with foode, and gladnesse.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →